Come one come all to the American Music festival in Port Jefferson, New York on Saturday, September 13th. Why, you ask? Well, what better reason than seeing The Tash Brothers Band? The Mighty Tash Brothers have been rocking the blues in the New York City area for the past 30 years and we've got the scars to prove it. These past couple of years I've only been a part-time Tash Brother but the band has still been going stronger than ever. The lineup for the festival will be the latest incarnation of a great band: the original Mr. Tash, the ringleader of this circus and wild showman, Tony Burdo on guitar and vocals, his son A.J. Burdo on keyboards, Gregory Brenner on drums, Hugh Boyle on bass and K. Paule Pachter on vocals and rub board. Rejoining the band for this show will be yours truly, Bob Crespo(.com) on guitar and vocals, the second-best singer, songwriter and guitar slinger in the world.
For many years the lineup consisted of Tony and myself and most of the time harmonica wizard and founding member Steve "Norman Sucka Tash" Greenbaum plus whoever could keep up with our high octane take-no-prisoners-act. We've burned out more drummers than Spinal Tap and have had more bass men than the Yankees. Original member guitarist and singer Bob D'Alessandro moved to the woods about 15 or so years ago, and he still shows up every so often to join the madness. To be a Tash Brother you first have to be an ace musician, then you have to be a lunatic and a showman. We'd take anybody who fits the bill and wanted to play our brand of balls-to-the-wall blues rock, and we've had sax players, fiddlers, pianists, trumpeters, percussionists and even a whole brass section at times. There's even been a couple of Tash Sisters along the way, most notably A.J.'s mom Tricia C.(U. Later), the best looking person ever to be a Tash.
On other occasions the Tash Brothers were Tony and myself on a couple of acoustic guitars, still putting out a mountain of sound and working the audience into a frenzy. I'm bragging but it's true. Come see and hear for yourself if you think I'm bullshitting. As well as the famous clubs like The Lone Star Cafe, The Bitter End and Wetlands to name just a few, we've played street fairs, giant festivals, churches, theaters, parks, American legion halls, biker bars, boats, beaches, along the docks at Sheepshead Bay, the Mermaid parade in Coney Island and every gin joint in the tri-state area willing to get an extra heavy dose of musical reality. The Tash Brothers were even the only band to play in the famous sex club Plato's Retreat. You have a big enough backyard we'd play there too.
This band is no Johnny-one-note outfit either, sounding the same song after song. We do a ton of different material in a lot of different styles, and we can whisper and tease as well as roar. There's 3 lead vocalists to mix things up, Tony Burdo's blues voice deluxe, Paul Patchen's rocking wail and my own voice (as noted above, the second-best singer in the world!). A hurricane is not built on thunder alone, there's the build-up and the calms, and then the lighting and the downpours and the howling wind and then another calm, maybe with the sun peeking through for while before all hell breaks loose again and we leave you loving hurricanes and wanting more.
Come to The American Music Festival on Saturday, September 23 at 5PM at the Harbor Stage and see one of the best live shows of the year. There's lots of other musical acts, some famous, some not, but all of them fine listening. There's none of them, though, as good as The Tash Brothers Band, especially with Bob Crespo(.com) back on board for the night. Check out their website, porthjeffmusicfestival.org for the details of the 3-days of shows or contact them at info@portjeffchamber.com. You can also call them at (631) 473-1414 for directions or to just chat if you're lonely. Chambers of Commerce don't have much else to do so brighten their day with a phone call.
Port Jefferson is on the North Shore of Long Island about an hour's drive from New York City. It's a nice little Long Island town as far as little Long Island towns go and a perfect place to cap one of the last warm weekends of the season with a concert by a band you won't forget and who just might change the way you look at things forever. Be there at the Harbor Stage in Port Jefferson on Saturday, September 23, 5 o'clock sharp! Great live bands don't grow on trees so get your lazy ass out to Port Jeff. Don't spend your so-called life regretting never having seen The Tash Brothers Band!
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